hiena
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish hiena, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiena anim
Declension edit
Declension of hiena (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | hiena | hiena | hienak |
ergative | hienak | hienak | hienek |
dative | hienari | hienari | hienei |
genitive | hienaren | hienaren | hienen |
comitative | hienarekin | hienarekin | hienekin |
causative | hienarengatik | hienarengatik | hienengatik |
benefactive | hienarentzat | hienarentzat | hienentzat |
instrumental | hienaz | hienaz | hienez |
inessive | hienarengan | hienarengan | hienengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | hienarengana | hienarengana | hienengana |
terminative | hienarenganaino | hienarenganaino | hienenganaino |
directive | hienarenganantz | hienarenganantz | hienenganantz |
destinative | hienarenganako | hienarenganako | hienenganako |
ablative | hienarengandik | hienarengandik | hienengandik |
partitive | hienarik | — | — |
prolative | hienatzat | — | — |
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiena f (plural hienes)
Further reading edit
- “hiena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Noun edit
hiena f (plural hienas)
Italian edit
Noun edit
hiena f (plural hiene)
Kashubian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiena f
References edit
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “hiena”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
Lithuanian edit
Noun edit
hienà f (plural hiènos) stress pattern 2
Declension edit
Declension of hienà
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | hienà | hiènos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | hiènos | hiènų |
dative (naudininkas) | hiènai | hiènoms |
accusative (galininkas) | hièną | hienàs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | hienà | hiènomis |
locative (vietininkas) | hiènoje | hiènose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | hièna | hiènos |
Middle English edit
Noun edit
hiena
- Alternative form of hiene
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiena f (related adjective hieni)
- hyena (any carnivore of the subfamily Hyaenidae)
- (derogatory, figurative) blackguard, scoundrel (unprincipled, contemptible, and untrustworthy person)
- Synonym: łajdak
Declension edit
Declension of hiena
Derived terms edit
nouns
Descendants edit
- → Kashubian: hiena
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiena f (plural hienas)
Usage notes edit
- The gender of this Portuguese word is always feminine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “hiena-macho” for male, and “hiena-fêmea” for female.
Derived terms edit
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiena f
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiena f (plural hienas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hiena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014